I added a comment in another thread about this, but as I look around, there don't seem to be other comments on this - so maybe this is something new? I'm starting a new thread, just in case.

The LEGO Summer 2012 catalog was just delivered in our mail. It looks like the mailed version is different from what you might get in the store, because the extra cover (for mailing) is actually a poster!

And bigger news -- the back side of the poster says something about "LEGO Hobbit - Your Journey Begins December 1st 2012". That isn't the movie date, and this is Hobbit not Lotr, so it isn't the video game.

Yes, the are my own scans. I just now tried to resize/replace on photobucket, but my browser keeps showing one big (and the other the new smaller one), so maybe my cache needs clearing, or maybe I still goofed something up.

It's not like anyone has the LEGO Hobbit sets yet. Only the LotR sets are becoming available now (June 2012). "Good and ill have not changed since yesteryear; nor are they one thing among Elves and Dwarves and another among Men. It is a man's part to discern them, as much in the Golden Wood as in his own house." - Aragorn

When we first heard about LEGO LotR sets, it seemed to always just say availability was "June 2012", but not any particular day. This Hobbit date however seems unusual to be so precise stating the FIRST of December. Seems very odd to me.

Also, does that mean the Hobbit kits will essentially be spoilers? 'Cause we won't have seen the movie yet...